Dolores E. “Dolly” Dierkhising, 85

Published January 13, 2012 at 11:34 am

Dolores E. “Dolly” Dierkhising, age 85, of New Munich, died peacefully on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at the Melrose Area Hospital in Melrose, Minnesota.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, January 16 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, in New Munich with Rev. Roger Klassen, O.S.B. officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose and from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at the church in New Munich. Parish prayers will be at 5 p.m. followed by St. Anne’s Christian Mothers at 6 p.m. Sunday evening at the funeral home.

Dolores Eleanor Zierden was born August 10, 1926 in New Munich, Minnesota to Mathias and Mary (Wehseler) Zierden. On April 22, 1947 she married Herbert Dierkhising in New Munich. The couple lived in rural New Munich all their lives. Dolores had multiple jobs including raising her eleven children. She was employed as a cook, a labor worker at the turkey store, and was a wonderful homemaker. She loved knitting, gardening, watching Wheel of Fortune, and doing anything outdoors, especially at the cabin. Above all, she was most caring and loving to everyone.

Dolores was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Munich and the St. Anne’s Christian Mothers.